Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
III. of said day.
M. of said day.
HENRY SCHWI Err, Commis'r
CHAS. A. WILLNS, Conmis'r.
Attest: ED L. TEED,
County Clerk of Barton county, Kan.

And whereas said board having assembled at the
place designated in said petition and said CALL and
the hour having arrived for such special session. and
all members of said board being present, and said
petition "a, call 'B'' and service 'C having been
read and all ordered placed Oh file, and said board
having been duly convened.
On motion the board find that the interest of the
county demands that this special he now had
And the matters mentioned in said petition ssA''
being presented 10 said board On motion duly
made seconded, put and carried the following or
der was, by said board of COUNT commissioners.
duly made to-wit Whereas, petition daily signed
by T. L. Cha pman and other persons purp0rting TO
be two-hfths (25) of the resident tax payers of the
County of Barton. in the State of Kansas has this
oay been duly presented TO the board of county
commissioners. of Barton county State of Kansas
praying said board TO duly convene and make an
petition and such other conditions as to said board
may be deemed advisable, and fixing a time for
holding special election. which it is PRAYED may
be held in said County of Barton To submit TO the
qualihed voters of said county proposition sub
lars sl2o 10 the capital ste ok of the Midland Sc
Western Railway COMPANY, a railroad company
duly Incorporated, organized and existing under
anu by virtue Oh the laws OF the State OF Kansas,
which proposes TO construct line OF railway into
and through said Couaty of Barton, and in pay
ment OF salt subscription BOMBS, of said county, in
the sum of $500 each, as regatng SIPS 900, shall be
issued TO said company in manner provided by law.
semi-annuaIly, and to he payable at the Fiscal
Agency, OF the State of Kansas, inthe City of New
York; principal to be due in 80 years. and on con-
said petition signatures olly being omitted, is i'll
words and figures as follows to-wit:
PETITION ''D."
To the Board of County Commissioners OF Barton
county, Kansas
20 OF the resident Taxpayers of the County of Bar
ton and State of Kansas, petition the board of
a special election, TO the qualified voters OF said
county. proposition 10 subscribe To the capital
stock of the Midland & Western Railway company,
railroad company duly organized and existing un-
der the laws of the State of Kansas which proposes
10 construct railroad into and through said county
said subscription TO be for the sum of hundred
and Twenty-Five thousand dollars.
And in payment for said subscription TO said capt.
tai stock OF said company, bonds of said County of
Barton with coupons atTached) to the cmount of
said subscription above FORTH shall be duly
sued and delivered in sums of five hundred dollars
$500 EACH payable in thiity (3O) years date of
issue, each bearing six per cent. interest, payable
semi-annually; both principal and interest payable
at the Fiscal Agency, of the Stat of Kansas in the
City of New York; such bonds TO be duly issued
and delivered upon compliance with The Conditions
hereinafter set forth and delivery of stock in said
railway company as by law provided. The condi-
tions upon which said subscription to the capital
stock of said company is made, are:
Tha. said Midland x Western Railway company
shall construct railroad of standard gauge ncud-
ing all necessary sidetTacks and switches into and
through said county, and have cars nnin thereon
from some point the Kansas Midland railway, on
or before December 81 1888, delays by act of God
and orders of corIt or judge thereof excepted)
With suitable depO.s for freight and passengers at
Eilnwood, Kansas, within one half mile of the bus
mess center, and at Great Benz Kansas within the
limits OF sections twehtyeght (S) and thin Cythree
}S3l, in township nineteen 90, OF range thirteen
(l3), north OF the Arkansas liver. Said bonds 10 he
issued when the road is constructed and in opera
ton to the west or north line of said county.
And we pray that said board of county commits
sioners upon presentation of this petition duly
vene and make an order which order shall embI ace
the terms and condisio OF this petition, and such
other conditions said board may deem advisable;
and also fixing the time for hoGing Il special cleo
ton, which pa ay may be held, as by law pro-
vided, under Chapter 107. Laws of Kansas, 1876,
and amendments thereto, to determine whether
such subscrip, ion shall be made.
And the form of ballot to be used at such special
election Tor and against said proposition sub
United, shall be as follows:
Each lifted vntpr ;ti,,
shall have printed written his ballot, "FOr
subscription To the capital stock OF the Midland &
western Hallway company"
Each qualified voter voting against said PROPOSE
ton shall have printed Oh written his ballot,
Against subscri ptun TO the capital stock of the
Midland & Western Railway com pany."
And whereas said board of county commissioners,
ton and the signatures thereto, and having
ceived evidence TO the genuineness of said sign-
lures, and also evidence that said petitioners
stitute and comp Use rf.hs 23) of the resident
taxpayers OF sad county, said board do fluid and
adjudse that said petition is in due and legal form,
and Is duly and legally signed by two-fifths of the
resident Taxpayers of said county, and that the
prayer of said petition should be granted and said
board find that The conditions in sud petition are
suHcient and ample Tor the protection OF said Coun-
ty of Barton.
1t is Therefore, by sud board of county commits
sioners, in pursuance to said petition Ior special
election and in pu 10 the laws of Kansas i'll
such eases made and PROV ded, considered, ordered
and adjudGed that the prayer of said petition be
granted, and that special election be, and the
same is hereby ordered and called be held in said
county subser bling OCJ to the capital stock of
said The Midland Western Railway company and
therefor.
And it is hereby ordered that such special election
shall be held the 2ri day OF August, A. ID 1887,
al the usual voting precincts i'll said county, said
designated places being the established voting pre-
elncts i'll said county. A. said election the PROPOSE
ton, herenbefore set out in said petition shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of said G UNITY.
And it is ordered that the blliOts to be used in sad
election he in form as follows, to-wit.
shall nave =. nted written on his ballot 'tFur
subscription to The capital atock OF the Midland &
western huiway company"
Each qualified voter voting against said PROPOSE
ton shall have printed or written Oh his ballot.
Against su DESCRIPTION the capital stock of the Mid
land Western Railway company"
And il is fu. ther ordered that e majority of
east ier Daot> iii favor OF said subscription to the
capital stock of said railway company and issue
bonds of said county in thu sum OF one hundred
ana Twenty-Five thousand dollars (Sl23.C00) there
for. Then the county clerk of said county shall
forthwith FOR and oh behalf of said county and in
the name of said county make such susti ptiOn
the capital .tOc of said company in sum of 81 1000
And it is further oe. ed that in the that said
railway company comply W tn the terms of said
subscription set out in said petition and duly de-
liver stock i'll sad company 10 the amount of
SI25.Oc0 to the proper officer. Then the chairman
of the board of county commissioners and the said
county cle.k OF said county shall duly issue (sgn,
.xecuie and deliver to said company bonds of said
county in sum of $500 each; aggregating $4,000,
bearing six per cent. Interest, payable semi-annu
ally and all set out in said pettion hereinbefOre
board of county commissioners and attested by the
county click under the seal of said county. And
is ordered that the sheriff of said County of Bar
ton and State of Kansas duly make and publish his
PROCLAMATION
fo- The holding of such special election in said
county at said date and place de grated and that
said sheriff give due and legal notice of said election
for 80 days, by law provided, and in said Drocla
nation give the substance of tbs order; said notice
TO be published IN the Bar, On County DEMOCRAT, Z
weekly newspaper printed and published in said
county and in general circulation in said county.
And said therif is further ordered and di ected
post notices, as by law required and to do and per-
ali other acts, by law provided in the mat
ter of said election And il Is ordered that said
election be held, the returns made, and the result
aScertained and declared in the same manner as by